The South western news., 1887-06-29


and these disputes caused trouble
between Thomas and his wife.
Finally Thomas told his wife that
he thought if they would go off
and live by themselves they would
not have 80 many disputes. They
took rooms in the house of Mr.. Pc.
ter Murphy, where the sradgedy
occurred. There they lived until
yesterday.
/ THE WIDOWS STORY.
The story of the incidents that
led to the crime, as told by Mrs.
Thomas at the coroner's inquest.
is as follows: My husband worked
all day Saturday. He came home
last night, but left the house and
did not return until IL o'clock.
He had been drinking, but retired
] quietly, and did not awake until
this morning. He took several
drinks, one before he got out of
bed, and sat down to breakfast
quarreling about one thing
and another After breakfast he
went out several times, and each
time returned more under the in
huence of liquor. The last time
he came back he was very full, and
began cursing and abusing me, and
finally picked me up in his arms
and told me that he was going to
throw me out of the window. l
struggled to free myself, and
screamed as loud as l could. and
he put me down.
STRUCK HER WITH A BROOM.
l started to run down stairs and
he struck me across the face with a
broom. went down to the back
steps and sat there crying for
while. When I went back into
the house | found him lying across
the bed. AS / entered lie ordered
me to leave the room.
l had some berries in the house
ard ! took them to my mother,
who lived on East Boundary street
near Boughton, ana asked her to
make me some pies, My sister no.
ticed the red mark on my face and
asked me the cause. ] told her
Ed. had struck me with a broom.
No one was in the room but my
mother aud sister; / did not see
ny son. l returned home in
few minutes and found my hus-
band asleep across the foot of the
bed. l lay down beside him and
dozed for about half an hour and
then started down stairs to cook
dinner. met my son in the pas.
sage and took from him basket
in which we're the pie aud pack
age Of sugar.
HE BROUGHT THE PIE.
l asked him, Son have YOU
brought the pie?' and he answered.
Yes | then asked what they
were all doing at home. and he re-
piled nothing 1 thought that
he followed me, but as set the
basket down in the dining room /
heard the report of a pistol. l
ran out OF the dining room and
met my son who was coming out
of the bedroom and tried to catch
hold of him. said, MY God,
Bessie, what did you do it for?'
He made no answer, but kept run
ming down stairs, putting the pis-
tol in his pocket. / ran into the
room and my husband was sitting
on the side of the bed. / said.
oh, my God, EdN He groaned
and laid back He did not utter
a word. l ran down stairs, and
when l returned, he was dead
Mrs. Thomas further said that
Thomas and her son William hal
no difficulties, but that the young
err son. Thomas Wingard, who is
only II years old, frequently quar-
relied, and about FIVE months ago
the boy tried to stab her husband,
THE MURDER.
The older boy made surer work.
He secured the pistol from the
trousers OF a butcher namsd Thom-
as E Mitchell, who slept in his
fathers house. He went to Mitch
ellis room in the morning and
awakened him from his sleep to
borrow the pistol. Mitchell refus-
ed to lend it, and said he would
not lend it to anybody. Wingard
entered the room after Mitchell
had fallen to sleep again and took
the pistol, then got the basket from
his grandmother and sought bic
mother. After delivering the bas-
ket to her he went up stairs and